CLARKSVILLE — A Missouri man faces several charges after leading police in a high-speed chase across Johnson County.

William Eugene Hammer, 48, of Sikeston, Mo., was arrested last Thursday at approximately 1 a.m. after leading city, county and state police on a manhunt that lasted approximately eight hours, Johnson County Sheriff Jimmy Dorney's office said in a press release. The pursuit began after Hammer, who was traveling with a female passenger in a 2005 Dodge Dakota, left a Clarksville gas station without paying for $61.01 in fuel.

Police attempted to stop Hammer on Interstate 40, but Hammer exited the freeway and led officers down State Highway 164 through the Hunt community before driving through several fields trying to elude his pursuers, according to the release. Hammer then fled on foot after crashing in a dry creek bed near State Highway 103, and police searched for several hours using a trailing dog and helicopter before a nearby resident saw Hammer and contacted police, according to the release.

Hammer's passenger, who was injured when the truck crashed, was transported to Johnson Regional Medical Center and released.

Circuit Judge Bill Pearson ordered Hammer held in lieu of a $20,000 bond on Friday, and Hammer faces charges of felony fleeing, leaving the scene of an accident with injury, four counts of criminal mischief and several lesser charges. He is expected to appear in Johnson County Circuit Court on January 4.